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Fuva
from Harlemworld

The author is explaining-- The autocatalysis of advantage and disadvantage; why the Horatio Alger phenomenon has been rare in US history.-- The ripple effects of poverty (not to mention socioeconomic exclusion...)Understanding such key socioeconomic and psychosocial phenomena is critical to progress in this country/ world.

I was hit pretty hard in the depression, but strangely it has caused me to work harder;I moved into a new industry, got a job and run a lot more, also I am studying (javaScript) after work when ever I have a moment...

But to be honest all this worrying about recouping everything is exhausting...

Aside from WW2 the Depression left a heavy psychic burden, not just on that generation but on (us) post-war "boomers" as well. A (veteran) uncle was diagnosed with Delusions of Pauperization which stemmed as much from his experience before the war. Would the quest comment of this phenomenon?

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